Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Maybe he just needed the cash. Maybe he wanted the publicity. Either way, AVP player Austin Rester got both when he swam the Ohio River on a dare this weekend during the AVP Louisville Open, netting a reported $900 reward.

The spunky 26-year-old borrowed some spandex from Matt Prosser (whaa?) and set out with a spotter boat to make the trek across the cold-ass Ohio river.

Despite the weirdness of wearing another dude's spandex, which undoubtedly affected his focus, Rester powered though to finish in a respectable hour's time and a hypothermic core body temperature of 94 degrees.